Blue Ridge Mountains last week. I could see the beauty of the backlight on layers of ridges with the late season warm fall color, but there was tons of haze and lots of flat bluish light which obscured much of what I experienced as I stood there. In the 2nd image I’ve posted the Lightroom default of the RAW file before I processed it - ugly! I’m always amazed, and thankful, at what we can do with today’s sensors (backed with incredible glass) to create compelling images from less than stellar original conditions. My philosophy is always to process according to how I felt and experienced and envisioned, which sometimes requires a lot of development work (but not always).
ILCE-7RM5FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II lens127mmf/11.01/160s100 ISO0.0 EV
This is the set 3 of our mighty 5 tour in Utah this Oct. We had the most challenging light conditions for this visiting, arriving at Arch national park around 2:30PM with sun shining and not a cloud in the sky. My A7 III did an admirable job recovering shadows. Most of these photos had shadows between +60 to +100. I also shot a few HDR bracket photos here and there. Most of these photos are shot with Tamron 28-75 2.8 G2.
